Numbers 310. Report of Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, C. S. Army, commanding Department of Richmond, of operations July 27.1
N[EW] M[ARKET, July] 27, 1864-10 a. m.
GENERAL: The enemy drove back the troops of General Kershaw this morning and took four pieces of artillery. Prisoners have been taken
from Hancock’s corps to-day. Yesterday prisoners were taken from the Nineteenth and Tenth Corps. Twenty-two pieces of artillery crossed last night to the north side of the river. Our line extends from New Market toward White Oak Swamp, the right resting near the Chaffin farm. It may be advisable to send the Local Defense troops to Chaffin’s farm to hold the intrenched camp. An artillery battalion of infantry has been ordered to that line, and I do not think affairs are imminent yet; nor do I know the amount of inconvenience in ordering out the Local Defense. General Lee was notified by General Kershaw.
Respectfully, &c.,
R. S. EWELL,
Lieutenant-General.
General S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
P. S.-Our losses small.
Source:
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 805-806 ↩